Harry Reid: “The fact of the matter is conferences have been held around here. What I am saying is the majority has a choice. If they…”

“The fact of the matter is conferences have been held around here. What I am saying is the majority has a choice. If they want the healthy initiative bill--which we badly want--then I think what we should do is take what has been passed and send it to the House. If they don't like it, let them bring it back with amendments. There are two ways of doing it. One way is the way the Senator from Idaho suggests. The conferees could be appointed and take it over to the House, and we meet someplace else. That is the normal way. Frankly, since we have lost control of the majority, we haven't held conferences. We want a bill passed. The Senator from Idaho is absolutely right. The Democratic leader, in representing the Democratic caucus, has said let us not do a conference because it is meaningless, anyway. Let us take our bill we have passed and work on it. We had a big vote here. Send it to the House, and they can come within a matter of hours with something they don't like about it, and we will be happy to review that when it comes back in a matter of hours.”